Whoa! Shock of the century. What a nice church!
That said, I'm a devout Catholic, and I can't low-ball a church as far as grades go, but what a pleasant surprise.
I was passing through Albany but wanted to still cover my weekly obligation on a Saturday night, so I found this chapel with masstimes.org.
I was a bit shocked that it was a storefront chapel in a strip-mall, as I mentally associate those types of churches with the Protestants, but when I went inside, I really felt the power of the church.
The inside is pretty Spartan, if you can ever call a Catholic church Spartan, and the priest was a humble fellow who gave a damn-good homily.
I was also impressed by the fact that there were locals who seemed to know each other's names. Everywhere I went I saw people calling out to each other in a familiar manner. What a nice chapel. read more